In an effort to get troops home for holidays, Jack Daniel's distillery launched a nation-wide campaign called "Operation Ride Home" to provide soldiers with financial travel assistance.

The whiskey giant extended the nationwide help to Fort Campbell troops by presenting a check of $8,682 to the Armed Services YMCA’s Fort Campbell branch.

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Operation Ride Home provides troops in need with travel aid to be back home during holidays.
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"We began this program at Fort Campbell in 2011 and since that time we’ve been able to assist 2,083 service members and those with families – for a total of 4,606 individuals – make it from base to home for holidays," Mark Day, Jack Daniel's representative said.

Jack Daniel’s representatives collected a portion of the funds from attendees at the 2016 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

"While our nation’s military does a wonderful job of getting our troops back to their base from deployment, it’s just not home. Let’s get even more service members and their families home this year," the donation flyer said.